 | | new truck design (rehash) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | A few weeks ago we had a discussion in this group about a lower profile truck design. Although we were mainly focusing on spine and container cars these truck designs can be adapted to any number of uses. Here's what I came up for a solution: (URL) (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | Re: new truck design (rehash) —Gianluca Morelli
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| | | | (...) Nice work,Chris! What did you use to support the metal axles? The space between the stud and the edge of a piece? I've never built trains with *naked* ( ;-P ) axles,but once i designed such a bogey (truck) that used the bricks 1x1 modified (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: new truck design (rehash) —Christopher Tracey
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| | | | (...) Thanks Gianluca, (...) The axles are supported between a set of 1x2 plates w door rails. These parts are pretty common currently in the MOT engines. (...) It seemes like there would be a lot of play in the axle this way. Wouldn't you also have (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | | | | | Re: new truck design (rehash) —Gianluca Morelli
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| | | | (...) A very fine idea! (...) Maybe not so much. I never built it :) (...) Yes. But just one.It's not difficult,and it should come back exactly to its place,since there's a little difference in diameter between the point where the wheel is and the (...) (23 years ago, 22-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)
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